as in to bear (on or upon)
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The department did not specify where the DNA was found.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026 -
Officials did not specify the relationship between Carmona and the child.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Along with her participation in the hotel nights, this also included, Jane testified, instances where she was asked to fly with drugs for Combs.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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Topics under discussion included changes in the industry over the last decade, instanced by the rise of digital and gaming, audience fragmentation, and the emergence of disruptive technologies such as AI.—
Liza Foreman,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2023
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As previously mentioned here, an Article 5 Convention of States (COS) remains the only way power will be transferred from the politicians to the people where the Founders intended it to reside.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, over the weekend, Greene hit out at the Justice Department, questioning why her name was included in a letter posted by Attorney General Pam Bondi that listed high-profile figures mentioned in the Epstein files.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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Leaphorn then notices a radiator leak, and says that whoever sped off couldn't have gone far.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Of course, most of them have been too drunk to notice.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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But Kramer was outside the government, with friends dying, blisteringly aware of the ways in which the official instinct toward bureaucracy was dragging out a scientific process that needed to be moving at, to quote a more modern enterprise, warp speed.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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While Cunha’s guilty plea was for the exploitation of the victim quoted above, court records and prosecutors say that this was not a one-time offense, but one that affected multiple minors.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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The analysis also cites Meta findings that only a tiny fraction of young Instagram users were enrolled in its parental oversight tool as of March 2025, although the company touts it as central to its safety push.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In a recent American Expats Survey by The Harris Poll, 38% of the 6,358 respondents cited cheaper, better health care as a reason for considering expatriation.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Touch (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28upon%29. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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